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Michelle R. Warren is the Mary Brinsmead Wheelock Professor of Comparative Literature at Dartmouth College in the School of Arts and Sciences. She serves as Senior Advisor for Faculty Development, Diversity, and Inclusion in Arts and Sciences and Director of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program. Her interdisciplinary work bridges medieval studies with contemporary concerns about race, translation, and digital humanities.
Her educational background includes:
- Ph.D. from Stanford University (1993)
- M.A. from Stanford University (1991)
- B.A. from University of California - Berkeley (1988)
Professor Warren's research focuses on how the past shapes the present and vice versa, with particular interest in medieval Europe's connections to contemporary global concerns. Her work typically connects small textual details to larger cultural phenomena, examining how word choices relate to ethnic nationalism, epigraphs to colonial memory, and marginalia to social power relations. She approaches medieval studies through the lens of postcolonial theory, digital humanities, and critical race theory, consistently arguing that "The Middle Ages Aren't Old."
Her scholarly output demonstrates a consistent trajectory connecting medieval manuscript studies with digital infrastructure, translation theory, and questions of race and representation. Warren's work shows increasing engagement with digital methodologies while maintaining deep philological grounding.
Her notable scientific achievements include:
- 2023 History of the Book Prize from the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing for Holy Digital Grail: A Medieval Book on the Internet
- Fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation
- Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies
As an academic mentor, Warren directs the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program, working with students committed to addressing racial underrepresentation in higher education across humanities, social sciences, and sciences. She has advised numerous students preparing for PhD programs with the goal of becoming professors. In her role as Senior Advisor for Faculty Development, she leads campus-wide initiatives focused on increasing diversity, improving inclusivity, achieving equity, and fostering an anti-racist culture at Dartmouth.
Warren leads the "Remix the Manuscript" research collective, which explores digital approaches to medieval manuscript studies, particularly focused on the Dartmouth Brut Chronicle. This interdisciplinary team includes academics, librarians, technologists, conservators, and students working collaboratively to investigate how digital tools affect access to and understanding of material culture.
